Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 09:09:12 +1000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: High-resolution displays Message-ID: <199709072309.JAA00829@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 05 Sep 1997 14:13:04 CST." <199709052013.OAA10130@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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> > > ... In any case, you can have an external CD-ROM if you > > > really want one, plus the advantage of having a way to play CD's on the > > > plane w/out using your laptop battery. ;) > > > > Then you lose one of the best features of the laptop: the solid box > > with everything built in. > > And you lose two of the best features of not having it built in, which > are weight and ruggedness. Almost *all* of the newer boxes have the > 'swappable' CD-ROMS, which makes for weakness in the cases which don't > exist in the boxes that don't have them built-in. I'll put my non-built > in box with the external CD against *any* box you want to throw at it > for ruggedness. Don't be stupid. I'll pit a duralium-chassis industrial laptop against yours, and it'd be like comparing a Haliburton and a Tosca. The two 'bayed' laptops I'm most familiar with are the Sharp PC9000 and the Toshiba 220CDS. Both are robust and quite solidly constructed; in both care has been taken to avoid having the bay cutouts compromise the stiffness of the base. > > Which brings up another point for those in the > > market to consider: The IBM has an external power supply while some > > laptops have it built in. > > *All* of the laptops I've ever used (NEC, IBM, Toshiba, Fujitsu, HP) > have external power supplies. Quite a few of the older Toshiba and Compaq units have internal supplies. mike
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